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Ovarian Cancer in the Sudan - Identifying the Social and Clinical Factors that Prevent an Early Diagnosis (2021)
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Mohamed, E., Bature, F., Ali, I., Abdelaziz, F., Alsayed, S., Mukhtar, M., …Guinn, B. (2021). Ovarian Cancer in the Sudan - Identifying the Social and Clinical Factors that Prevent an Early Diagnosis. Austin Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 8(5), Article 1181. https://doi.org/10.26420/austiniobstetgynecol.2021.1181

Ovarian cancer, because it often presents with vague symptoms, is a difficult disease to diagnose at the early stages, especially in developing countries. In Sudan, diagnosis is further complicated by additional factors and challenges. First, as in a... Read More about Ovarian Cancer in the Sudan - Identifying the Social and Clinical Factors that Prevent an Early Diagnosis.

Biofilm-Infected Human Clusteroid Three-Dimensional Coculture Platform to Replace Animal Models in Testing Antimicrobial Nanotechnologies (2021)
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Wang, A., Weldrick, P., Madden, L. A., & Paunov, V. N. (2021). Biofilm-Infected Human Clusteroid Three-Dimensional Coculture Platform to Replace Animal Models in Testing Antimicrobial Nanotechnologies. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13(19), 22182-22194. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c02679

Microbial biofilms are a major concern in wound care, implant devices, and organ infections. Biofilms allow higher tolerance to antimicrobial drugs, can impair wound healing, and potentially lead to sepsis. There has been a recent focus on developing... Read More about Biofilm-Infected Human Clusteroid Three-Dimensional Coculture Platform to Replace Animal Models in Testing Antimicrobial Nanotechnologies.

Current and emerging investigational venetoclax-based therapies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (2021)
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Molica, S., Allsup, D., Gianfelici, V., Levato, L., Aiello, V., Bailey, J., & Polliack, A. (in press). Current and emerging investigational venetoclax-based therapies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, https://doi.org/10.1080/13543784.2021.1924669

Introduction: Venetoclax has emerged as a breakthrough treatment which has revolutionized the therapeutic paradigm of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). This is primarily attributed to the efficacy of venetoclax as a time-limited, chemo-free, therap... Read More about Current and emerging investigational venetoclax-based therapies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Effect of treatment planning system parameters on beam modulation complexity for treatment plans with single-layer multi-leaf collimator and dual-layer stacked multi-leaf collimator (2021)
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Quintero, P., Cheng, Y., Benoit, D., Moore, C., & Beavis, A. (2021). Effect of treatment planning system parameters on beam modulation complexity for treatment plans with single-layer multi-leaf collimator and dual-layer stacked multi-leaf collimator. British Journal of Radiology, 94(1122), Article 20201011. https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20201011

OBJECTIVE: High levels of beam modulation complexity (MC) and monitor units (MU) can compromise the plan deliverability of intensity-modulated radiotherapy treatments. Our study evaluates the effect of three treatment planning system (TPS) parameters... Read More about Effect of treatment planning system parameters on beam modulation complexity for treatment plans with single-layer multi-leaf collimator and dual-layer stacked multi-leaf collimator.

Immune Responses to Persistent or Recurrent Antigens: Implications for Immunological Memory and Immunotherapy (2021)
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Pera, A., & Caserta, S. (Eds.). (2021). Immune Responses to Persistent or Recurrent Antigens: Implications for Immunological Memory and Immunotherapy. Lausanne: Frontiers Media. https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88966-718-5

Immunological memory is considered the hallmark of the adaptive immune response, which is essential for long-term protection against infection throughout life. From the perspective of adaptive immunity, clonally expanded antigen-specific lymphocytes... Read More about Immune Responses to Persistent or Recurrent Antigens: Implications for Immunological Memory and Immunotherapy.

Radiolabelling an 18F biologic via facile IEDDA “click” chemistry on the GE FASTLab™ platform (2021)
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Allott, L., Amgheib, A., Barnes, C., Braga, M., Brickute, D., Wang, N., …Aboagye, E. O. (in press). Radiolabelling an 18F biologic via facile IEDDA “click” chemistry on the GE FASTLab™ platform. Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1039/d1re00117e

The use of biologics in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is an important area of radiopharmaceutical development and new automated methods are required to facilitate their production. We report an automated radiosynthesis method to produce... Read More about Radiolabelling an 18F biologic via facile IEDDA “click” chemistry on the GE FASTLab™ platform.

Release of redox enzymes and micro-RNAs in extracellular vesicles, during infection and inflammation (2021)
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Caserta, S., & Ghezzi, P. (2021). Release of redox enzymes and micro-RNAs in extracellular vesicles, during infection and inflammation. Free radical biology & medicine, 169, 248-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.04.010

Many studies reported that redox enzymes, particularly thioredoxin and peroxiredoxin, can be released by cells and act as soluble mediators in immunity. Recently, it became clear that peroxiredoxins can be secreted via the exosome-release route, yet... Read More about Release of redox enzymes and micro-RNAs in extracellular vesicles, during infection and inflammation.

The effects of chlorination, thickness, and moisture on glove donning efficiency (2021)
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Preece, D., Hong Ng, T., Tong, H. K., Lewis, R., & Carré, M. J. (2021). The effects of chlorination, thickness, and moisture on glove donning efficiency. Ergonomics, 64(9), 1205-1216. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2021.1907452

Changing gloves more frequently is encouraged, more now than ever given the COVID-19 pandemic. When the donning process has moisture introduced, however, complications can arise, which consumes vital time. Most commonly, gloves undergo a chlorination... Read More about The effects of chlorination, thickness, and moisture on glove donning efficiency.

Cytomegalovirus infection is associated with an increase in aortic stiffness in older men which may be mediated in part by CD4 memory T-cells (2021)
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Kirkham, F., Pera, A., Simanek, A. M., Bano, A., Morrow, G., Reus, B., …Kern, F. (in press). Cytomegalovirus infection is associated with an increase in aortic stiffness in older men which may be mediated in part by CD4 memory T-cells. Theranostics, 11(12), 5728-5741. https://doi.org/10.7150/thno.58356

Human Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with atherosclerosis, higher cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, and an increase in memory T-cells (Tmem). T-cells have also been implicated in CVD, independently of CMV infection. To better understa... Read More about Cytomegalovirus infection is associated with an increase in aortic stiffness in older men which may be mediated in part by CD4 memory T-cells.

Investigating oxygen transport efficiencies in precision-cut liver slice-based organ-on-a-chip devices (2021)
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Christensen, M. G., Cawthorne, C., Dyer, C. E., Greenman, J., & Pamme, N. (2021). Investigating oxygen transport efficiencies in precision-cut liver slice-based organ-on-a-chip devices. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 25(4), Article 35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-021-02434-x

Microfluidic ‘organ-on-a-chip’ devices hold great potential for better mimicking the continuous flow microenvironment experienced by tissue and cells in vivo, thereby ensuring realistic transport of nutrients and elimination of waste products. Howeve... Read More about Investigating oxygen transport efficiencies in precision-cut liver slice-based organ-on-a-chip devices.

An evaluation of inkjet printed amino acid fingerprint test targets for ninhydrin process monitoring − and some observations (2021)
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Croxton, R., Kent, T., Littlewood, A., & Smith, M. (2021). An evaluation of inkjet printed amino acid fingerprint test targets for ninhydrin process monitoring − and some observations. Forensic Science International, 321, Article 110741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2021.110741

Ninhydrin was implemented as the primary police method of developing latent fingermarks on paper, cardboard and some other porous surfaces from the late 1960s. Some researchers have used individual amino acids, or mixtures of amino acids, as a method... Read More about An evaluation of inkjet printed amino acid fingerprint test targets for ninhydrin process monitoring − and some observations.

A muscle growth-promoting treatment based on the attenuation of activin/myostatin signalling results in long-term testicular abnormalities (2021)
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Vaughan, D., Mitchell, R., Kretz, O., Chambers, D., Lalowski, M., Amthor, H., Ritvos, O., Pasternack, A., Matsakas, A., Vaiyapuri, S., Huber, T. B., Denecke, B., Mukherjee, A., Widera, D., & Patel, K. (2021). A muscle growth-promoting treatment based on the attenuation of activin/myostatin signalling results in long-term testicular abnormalities. Disease Models and Mechanisms, 14(2), Article dmm047555. https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.047555

© 2021. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. Activin/myostatin signalling acts to induce skeletal muscle atrophy in adult mammals by inhibiting protein synthesis as well as promoting protein and organelle turnover. Numerous strategies have bee... Read More about A muscle growth-promoting treatment based on the attenuation of activin/myostatin signalling results in long-term testicular abnormalities.

Protective effects of dapagliflozin against oxidative stress-induced cell injury in human proximal tubular cells (2021)
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Zaibi, N., Li, P., & Xu, S.-Z. (in press). Protective effects of dapagliflozin against oxidative stress-induced cell injury in human proximal tubular cells. PLoS ONE, 16(2), Article e0247234. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247234

Elevated reactive oxygen species (ROS) in type 2 diabetes cause cellular damage in many organs. Recently, the new class of glucose-lowering agents, SGLT-2 inhibitors, have been shown to reduce the risk of developing diabetic complications; however, t... Read More about Protective effects of dapagliflozin against oxidative stress-induced cell injury in human proximal tubular cells.

Human ex vivo wound model and whole-mount staining approach to accurately evaluate skin repair (2021)
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Wilkinson, H. N., Kidd, A. S., Roberts, E. R., & Hardman, M. J. (2021). Human ex vivo wound model and whole-mount staining approach to accurately evaluate skin repair. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 168, Article e62326. https://doi.org/10.3791/62326

© 2021 JoVE Creative Commons. Chronic non-healing wounds, which primarily affect the elderly and diabetic, are a significant area of clinical unmet need. Unfortunately, current chronic wound treatments are inadequate, while available pre-clinical mod... Read More about Human ex vivo wound model and whole-mount staining approach to accurately evaluate skin repair.

NIR-quantum dots in biomedical imaging and their future (2021)
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Gil, H. M., Price, T. W., Chelani, K., Bouillard, J. S. G., Calaminus, S. D., & Stasiuk, G. J. (2021). NIR-quantum dots in biomedical imaging and their future. iScience, 24(3), Article 102189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102189

Fluorescence imaging has gathered interest over the recent years for its real-time response and high sensitivity. Developing probes for this modality has proven to be a challenge. Quantum dots (QDs) are colloidal nanoparticles that possess unique opt... Read More about NIR-quantum dots in biomedical imaging and their future.

Recent Advancements in Hematology: Knowledge, Methods and Dissemination, Part 2 (2021)
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Corre, J., Sabbah, M., Schjesvold, F., Zeidan, A. M., Buccisano, F., Sallman, D., Mazzucato, M., Madden, L. A., Martini, M., Van Breda, E., Dolcetti, R., Busca, A., Cook, G., Onida, F., Versari, A., Kiladjian, J. J., Walter, R. B., Garderet, L., Robin, M., & Signore, A. (2021). Recent Advancements in Hematology: Knowledge, Methods and Dissemination, Part 2. Hemato, 2(1), 79-88. https://doi.org/10.3390/hemato2010004

Revascularisation of type 2 diabetics with coronary artery disease: Insights and therapeutic targeting of O-GlcNAcylation (2021)
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Bolanle, I. O., Riches-Suman, K., Loubani, M., Williamson, R., & Palmer, T. M. (2021). Revascularisation of type 2 diabetics with coronary artery disease: Insights and therapeutic targeting of O-GlcNAcylation. Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2021.01.017

Background and Aim: Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) using autologous saphenous vein continues to be a gold standard procedure to restore the supply of oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscles in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients with or with... Read More about Revascularisation of type 2 diabetics with coronary artery disease: Insights and therapeutic targeting of O-GlcNAcylation.